The Holy Bible

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A bible owned by the Woby and McCloe families. The Holy Bible is a large brown, leather bound book. Geometric and floral designs surround the outer edge and a gold-leaf image of a Bible atop a pillow. The image of the book is on a pedestal surrounded by columns. The geometric and floral patterns continue on the binding with some areas of loss around the title, leaving the words, [IBLE]. The back cover has the same design as the front without gold leaf. Handwritten in blue marker on the inside of the front cover is text that reads, [From Attic 22 E/ Burlington St. Woby to - McClow-]. The inner pages are cream colored with black text and ten large illustrations of scenes from the Bible. There is a [FAMILY RECORD] section with registers of [BIRTHS] and [MARRIAGES] on pages with a black scroll border.

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